Information literacy for primary sources: creating a new paradigm for archival researcher education

Author: Yakel E.

Source: OCLC Systems & Services, Volume 20, Number 2, 2004 , pp. 61-64(4)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

Educating researchers on how to use archival and manuscript materials and repositories is an important component in any records program. This is more important now that increasing amounts of information concerning archives and manuscripts appear daily on the web. Twenty years ago, all use of archives and manuscripts was mediated by reference personnel. This is not true today. However, the archivists' paradigm for educating researchers has not shifted accordingly. Furthermore, archivists do not have the defined basic competencies that might comprise "information literacy for primary sources".

Keywords: Information Profession; Archives Management; Information Retrieval; Reference Services

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650750410539059

Publication date: 2004-02-01